Bookcase



Unire JACOB F. ARNOLD, OF BELLEVUE, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJ une 1, 1920.

Application `led March 14, 1919. Serial No. 282,658.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB F; ARNOLD, av

citizen of the United States, residing at Bellevue, in the county ofHuron and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Bookcase, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to book cases of the type generally known assectional book cases and usually having swinging doors which arepivotally mounted at their upper ends and adapted to slide edgewise intoinoperative position within the book case; and the object of theinvention is to provide a book case open in one side and having avertically swinging and horizontally sliding door for the front andmeans for mounting the door for swinging and sliding movement upon thebook case.

rIhe object of the invention thus generally stated is attained byproviding a pair of L-shaped guide rods in the upper portion of the bookcase parallel to and spaced from the side walls, each rod having itsforward angular portion connected to the adjacent side wall and byproviding swinging doors having a sliding and pivotal mounting upon saidrods whereby they are adapted to be slid edgewise into operativeposition within the book case.

The invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which- Figure l is atransverse sectional view through a book case section showing the doorin the closed position;

Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view through the book case sectionshowing the door in the opened position;

Fig. 3, a bottom plan view of a portion of the door showing one sidewall and a portion of the rear wall in section, the door being shown inthe opened position;

Fig. 4, a fragmentary perspective view showing the pivotal mounting ofthe door, the door being shown in the closed position; and

Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the door inthe openedposition.

A practicall embodiment of the invention is disclosed in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in whichsimilar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

The book case which may be of any well known or preferred constructionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings as one i section of theusual sectional book case and includes the bottom 1, side and rear walls2 and 3 respectively and the top 4, the front of the section beingclosed by the usual swinging and sliding door 5. An L-shaped guide rod6, preferably round in cross section is mountedin the upper portion ofthe rcompartment spacedfrom and parallel to each side wall, each guiderod being connected at its rear extremity to the rear wall and havingits forward angular portion 7 connected to the adjacent side wall at apoint near the forward edge of the side wall as shown.

The slidable pivotal mounting for the door comprises a pair of members8, one of which is mounted at each upper corner of the door on the innerside thereof. Each of these members is preferably stamped from sheetmetal and includes the hook portion 9 adapted to rest upon theout-turned portion 7 of the guide rod when the door is in the closedposition thus detachably mounting, the door in swinging relation to thebook case. Each member 8 is also provided with an in-turned curvedflange 10 extending from a l point above the hook portion to the upperextremity of the member 8, this flange and the iii-turned flange 1lwhich is parallel to and spaced therefrom forming a channel adapted toslide upon the guide rods 6 when the door is raised to a horizontalposition and slid edgewise into the compartment.

From the foregoing the operation of my device will be readilyunderstood. When the door is closed it will be supported by the hooks 9resting upon the out-turned portions 7 of the guide rods and to open thedoor the lower end is moved outward and upward to a horizontal position,bringing the channel portions of the members 8 into engagement with theguide rods 6 when the door can be slid into the case, the channelportions of the members 8 sliding upon the guide rods and maintainingthe rear of the door against sidewise movement. It should be noted thatas the door is swung into a horizontal position bringing the channellportions of the members 8 into engagement with the guide rods the hooks9 will be released from the out-turned portions 7 of the guide rodsallowing the door to be slid back into the compartment and as the dooris drawn out the hooks 9 will again engage the out-turned Vportions 7 ofthe guide rods supporting the door pivotally with relation to the bookcase, allowing it to be swung down into the closed position.

The device is herein shown embodied in book case sections, but it isobvious that it is adapted for use in any article of furnitureconsisting of a compartment arranged to be closed by means of a swingingdoor.

I claim: Y

l. A book compartmentor case, a horizontal rod upon eachside of thecompartment, a horizontal. angular portion upon each rod, a door, andattaching members upon the door for engagement withthe rods, eachattaching member comprising a channel portionfor sliding engagement withthe adjacent rod and a hook spaced from and at one side of; the end ofthe channel portion and arranged for swinging engagement with theangular portion of the rod when the channel portion is released from therod.

2. A case open on one side, an L-sliaped rod ,within said case, ahorizontally-sliding and vertically-swinging door and an infieXibleattaching member carried by said door comprising a channel portion forsliding engagement with said rod and off-set hook portion for swingingengagement with the angular portion of the rod.

3. A book compartment or case, an L- shaped horizontal rod upon eachside of the compartment, a door, and attaching members on the door forengagement with the rods, each comprising a channel portion and a hookVoff-set upon one extremity of the channel portion.

. 4. A book compartment or case, an L- shaped horizontal rod upon eachside of the compartment, a door and attaching members-0n the door forengagement with the rods, each comprising a channel portion ter-vminating at substantially the longitudinal center of said meinber-7ahook spaced `from and at one side of the extremity of said channelportion and a longitudinal flange spaced from said hook and forming acontinuation of one side of saidv channel portion. In testimony that Iclaim the above, I have hereunto subscribed mly name.

JACOB F. ARNOLD.

